我还被蒙在鼓中
“I'd still be kept in the dark,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
此番若非阿璃
“If not for Li this time,”
我还被蒙在鼓中
“I'd still be kept in the dark,”
“I was completely blind to what was happening right under my nose!”
In classical narratives, being 'kept in the dark' (蒙在鼓中) often leads directly to fatal political or military errors, making ignorance a perilous vulnerability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
kept in the dark; completely unaware of the truth
A vivid classical idiom (equivalent to '蒙在鼓里') used when someone has been kept ignorant of deceit or secrets.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I feel like a clueless little fool.”
“being kept in the dark”
“I was just confused too. You'd been preparing all along.”
“We were kept in ignorance.”